PlayStation Store Update

Hey, everyone. It’s time again for the weekly PlayStation Store update.

Just a quick note to let all of you Qore Episode 08 (January ’09) purchasers and Annual Subscribers know that your exclusive early access to WBI/Monolith’s F.E.A.R. 2 demo begins today with the 1/15/08 PlayStation Store publish. Go to the Episode 08 Download Center now to snag this single-player demo.

PULSE

PULSE 01/15 Edition (also available from the PSP store) (free)
PULSE presented by the PlayStation Network is a free high definition video showcase of what’s happening right now on PlayStation. Featuring new game releases, demos, movie and television arrivals available for your PS3 and PSP systems, PULSE is a fast-paced new source to keep you connected and informed about the world of PlayStation.
File size: 209 MB (HD) 358 MB (1080)

Downloadable Games

Magic Ball ($9.99)
A fresh spin on classic brick-breaking gameplay, in which players bust apart a 3D environment, piece by piece. Smash your way through dozens of colorful and stylized levels including pirate islands amid shark-infested waters, and castles filled with noble knights and courtly ladies. Special power-ups, weather effects and realistic physics make Magic Ball a fun, action-packed and engaging experience for up to two players.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 155 MB

GTI Club+ ($9.99)
Bring the arcade-style racing frenzy of the original arcade game home to the PS3 in spectacular HD graphics. Players will race through the tight bends and back roads of the urban sprawl and then sweep up the steep mountainous roads along southern France’s beautiful Côte d’Azur. To tackle this wide variety of driving conditions a select group of small but powerful hatchbacks are perfect for the challenge. With full online support players can test their skills with online races up to 8 players in individual and team modes or the fast paced and hectic game of Bombtag.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 293 MB

File sizes: 18 MB – 44 MB (singles) 116 MB – 131 MB (track packs)Shaun White Snowboarding Mile High Pack – Target Edition ($9.99)
Combine attitude with altitude in this TARGET Edition pack, and get some new gear and a brand new mountain. Only compatible with the Target Edition. The regular edition version of this pack is available separately – please be sure to download the correct one for your edition of the game.
File size: 231 MB

Shaun White Snowboarding Mile High Pack – Regular Edition ($9.99)
Combine attitude with altitude in this pack, and get some new gear and a brand new mountain. Not compatible with the Target Edition. The Target Edition version of this pack is available separately – please be sure to download the correct one for your edition of the game.
File size: 231 MB

Shaun White Snowboarding The Freebie Pack – Target Edition (free)
Here’s an opportunity to grab some great new gear for guys and girls FOR FREE. With this pack you can dress up your character, and flex your style riding one of the boards from our contest winners. Who said nothing in life is free? Only compatible with the Target Edition. The regular edition version of this pack is available separately – please be sure to download the correct one for your edition of the game.
File size: 15 MB

Shaun White Snowboarding The Freebie Pack – Regular Edition (free)
Here’s an opportunity to grab some great new gear for guys and girls FOR FREE. With this pack you can dress up your character, and flex your style riding one of the boards from our contest winners. Who said nothing in life is free? Not compatible with the Target Edition. The Target Edition version of this pack is available separately – please be sure to download the correct one for your edition of the game.
File size: 15 MB

Game Demos (free)

Skate 2 Demo
The Skate revolution continues! Download the demo and hone your skills before Skate 2 hits stores as you rip around Slappy’s, move objects to create spots, and take on new set of challenges. Also compete against up to 4 of your friends in an all out break your bones Hall of Meat challenge. Skate 2 will be in stores worldwide on January 23.
File size: 1.68 GB

GTI Club+ Demo
Try the demo and bring the arcade-style racing frenzy of the original arcade game home to the PS3 in spectacular HD graphics. Players will race through the tight bends and back roads of the urban sprawl and then sweep up the steep mountainous roads along southern France’s beautiful Côte d’Azur. To tackle this wide variety of driving conditions a select group of small but powerful hatchbacks are perfect for the challenge. With full online support players can test their skills with online races up to 8 players in individual and team modes or the fast paced and hectic game of Bombtag.
File size: 289 MB

PlayStation Store for PSP

PULSE

* PULSE 01/15 Edition (also available from the PS3 store) (free)
PULSE presented by the PlayStation Network is a free high definition video showcase of what’s happening right now on PlayStation. Featuring new game releases, demos, movie and television arrivals available for your PS3 and PSP systems, PULSE is a fast-paced new source to keep you connected and informed about the world of PlayStation.
File size: 39 MB (HD)

Game Demos (free)

*BUZZ! Master Quiz Demo
Test out a free demo of BUZZ!: Master Quiz! The full BUZZ!: Master Quiz game on the PSP® (PlayStation Portable) system includes new round types and over 3,000 questions on topics including music, celebrities, TV, sports, nature, movies and more, testing your knowledge at home or on the move. Play different quiz challenges by yourself, or enjoy the 3 new multiplayer modes with anyone, anytime, anywhere!
Download the demo today!
File size: 152 MB

Downloadable Games

*Ultimate Ghost ‘N Goblins ($19.99)
Run faster, jump higher, make the dead deader.
Princess Prin Prin has once again been kidnapped and it’s up to Arthur to come to her rescue. Join Arthur as he battles through hordes of undead in this new addition of the GHOST ‘N GOBLINS series
File size: 272 MB

And yet another problem – the Skate Demo is downloading unusually slow.

Well, this update has been a complete clusterf—!
– You promote Savage Moon with no information about when the game will be available.
– You promote the video store promotion in a region that doesn’t have the service.
– You charge for a Disgaea theme that’s advertised for free.
– The Skate demo is downloading unusually slowly.

I’ll hold off downloading the Disgaea theme (something I actually want) in case the price is corrected. And I guess I’ll try the Skate demo later.

Sony won’t see a dime from me until it comes out…Unless Killzone comes out first. Wasn’t SM promised in the fall then December, then the 12/23…Now its 09. Europe has it. We don’t even have a date to look forward to. Where did Sony get their marketing team?

The download list is stating to become unmanageable, could you guys come out with an update that separate my downloaded content by categories such as PSN Exclusives, PS1 Games, Games, UMD Legacy, Demos, and Add-Ons.

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That’s funny; I made an account just to complain about Savage Moon too. If they would at least say anything, it doesn’t have to be an actual date, just someone saying they’re listing but can’t say anything at the moment would be nice.

I imagine other than not caring or knowing that there is a real demand for Savage Moon–they must follow the marketing diagram to the letter…It MUST be released on this date for MAXIMUM marketing impact! and “Hush hush, can’t speak a peep about the release date.” Lest we detract from sales THIS week…

Add me to the group of people that signed up for an account just to ask where Savage Moon is, my ps3 isn’t always hooked up to my internet connection and I’ve been expecting Savage Moon every update for the last month.

If it had been up this week I probably would have splurged on Magic Ball as well and now I probably won’t end up buying it. At least give us an update.

lets drive up the comments to such preposterous heights that some Sony staff member has to acknowledge it, read it, see all the childish Savage Moon whimpering and either laugh at our expense or go through the right channels to get us an answer.

WHERE IS SAVAGE MOON?!?! Why so many delays? What happened to fall ’08? etc etc…

Sony get it together. WHY does it take until 7pm CST to get the store updated? Come on. That’s not acceptable at all.

Second, some of the posters in the comments are correct, download speeds are slower than continental drift, and it’s NOT my connection. my computer is fast as usual, PSN is just being a lazy pig tonight.

Third, I don’t see a Skate2 demo up there. The newest demo I see is GTI Club, so unless that’s something for Qore you should get that up there.

Sony, you have GOT to up your game, these little annoyances in your service and your product in general are really starting to add up in the wrong way.

This update has been a complete lack luster event. Once again you fail to mention that the Disagea theme is free if you buy the all character download option as it’ll automatically be in your download list. You promote Savage Moon yet it’s not out. You promote a video store that is not out in a certain region above (sorry my Canadian neighbors). You give us a $4.99 expansion to a game that from my understanding gives us the trophies it had since launch but couldn’t be accessed. So essentially I paid $4.99 for a patch?

why promote Savage Moon and not deliever on the date they say it is coming out. this is the fourth time the release date has changed in two months. everybody else in the world can play it but us. i guesse its back to playing my Xbox360. no wonder sony is losing so badly to microsoft. the playstation store is a joke compared to the xbox live marketplace. get it together sony or get out of the game.